I didn’t want to write anything about Charlie Kirk, but several people asked for my opinion, and I thought I should write a blog post.
On Friday morning, during my escorting shift, other escorts seemed to be overjoyed and almost celebrated the assassination. I would never do that. Yes, there is a cruel irony in the fact that Charlie Kirk mentioned at least in one of his speeches that the right to bear arms can’t be taken away from the American people, even if that means some lives will be lost. It happened to be his life, but honestly, I do not want to build anything on that.
I still maintain that nobody has a right to take other person’s life away. I was always against the death penalty, and I always will be (this does not include the time of war).
Another theme which was circulating during the first couple of days after the assassination was a conspiracy theory (like Trump had organized it all). I understand why people want to believe in this conspiracy, but I find no ground in it’s support. I do not think it’s right that the Minnesota political assassinations went pretty much unnoticed and uncommented by the White House, and at the same time, the flags ran half-staff for the Kirk’s assassination. I do not think it’s right that the killing of Villegas-Gonzalez didn’t make headlines except for the Chicago local news.
And I hope that these events won’t become an excuse for any political opression. We’ll keep watching.
Hettie's Reflections 